Adjustable shade and curtain fixture.



A. C. CLUGSTON. ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4. 1917.

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ALVA G. CLUGSTON, OF DEWEY, OKLAHOMA.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Application filed lanuary 4, 1917. Serial No. 140,626.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVA C. CLUos/ron,

a citizen of the United States, re'siding'at Dewey, in the county ofl/Va'shington and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Adjustable Shade and Curtain Fixtures, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to adjustable window-shade and curtain fixtures,and one object is to produce a comparatively simple and inexpensivedevice of this character which can be readily adjusted to fit windowcasings of different widths and one which will not scratch or otherwisemar the surface of said casings.

A further object is to provide adjustable means for holding shaderollers of different lengths and whereby such rollers can be adjustedtoward or away from the window casings.

Other objects of the invention will hereinafter appear, and in orderthat said invention may be fully understood, reference will now be madeto the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a broken elevation of a window casing with my device appliedthereto.

Fig. 2 is a view of one edge of the win dow casing and one end of thedevice.

Fig. 3 shows the opposite edge of the window casing and opposite end ofthe device from that disclosed by Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a broken, vertical section, enlarged, on line IVIV of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a broken, horizontal section on line V of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the device removed from the window sash.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but showing the set screw reversedto support the pole from the inner side of the window casing.

A designates a window casing, B a window shade, and C a lace or othercurtain, all of which may be of ordinary type.

1 designates my fixture which embodies a curtain pole 2, consisting oftwo sections 3 and 4, the adjacent ends of which are adapted to slidablyengage each other, so that said curtain pole may be lengthened orshortened to accommodate window casings of different widths. Theengaging portions of the sections 3 and 4 are reduced in thickness asindicated at and 6, so that the combined thicknesses thereof is equal,or

approximately equal, to the thickness of the rest of thesect1ons,topresenta comparativelysmooth .surfacefto the curtain G, WlllGh 1ssuspended from therurtain pole 2. After the CHl'lLEllIl'POlG 2 has beenlengthened or shortened the sectionsB and 4 are firmly lockedtogether"byla'pair of clamps 8, embracing the reduced portions and G.

The outer ends 9 and 10 of the sections 3 and 4, respectively, are bentat, preferably, right angles thereto, the end 9 being provided with aplate 11 and the end 10 with a set-screw 12, threaded in said end andprovided with a reduced terminal 13 to fit in a hole 14 in a plate 15,corresponding in size to the plate 11.

The ends of the shade roller D are removably-mounted in brackets 17,provided at their lower terminals with gripping members 18 swiveled andslidably mounted upon the sections 3 and 4 of the curtain pole 2.

In practice, if the shade B is sufficiently narrow to permit, thecurtain pole 2 is shortened to allow the plates 11 and 15 to engage theinner edges a of the window casing A, in which event the set screw 12 isreversed in the terminal 10 to engage the plate 15, which is interposedbetween said terminal 10 and the adjacent edge a of the window casing A.However, if the shade B is of sufficient width to overlap the inneredges a then the curtain pole 9. is extended to allow the plates 11 and15 to engage the outer edges Z) of the window casing A. When the plates11 and 15 are placed in engagement with the edges of the window casingthe curtain pole 2 is shortened sufficiently to exert pressure on saidplates to temporarily hold them in place, after which the sections 3 and4 are locked together with the clamps 8. The set screw 12 is thentightened to firmly force the plates 11 and 14 into engagement with theedges of the window casing, so that there will be no danger of thefixture swinging downward out of position. The brackets 17 are thenadjusted toward or away from each other to accommodate the shade rollerD, after which said brackets may be rocked backward or forward, asindicated by the dotted and full lines, Fig. 4, to bring the shade Binto proper relation with the surface of the window casing A.

From the foregoing description, it is apparent that I have produced adevice embodying all of the advantages above enulnerated, and while Ihave shown and de 7 I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A curtain pole consisting of two sections having overlapping inner ends,means to secure said ends together and in adjusted position, the outerends of the sections being turned at right angles, one of saidrightangular ends having a threaded hole, a perforated plate, and ascrew engageable With either the inner or outer side of a Window casingto allow the pole to be supported from eitherthe inner or outer sides ofthe Window casing.

In testimony whereof aifix my signa-' ture, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

' ALVA C. CLUGSTON. Witnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, L. J. FISCHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

